A man in Sagaing Region's Ayadaw Township, seen next to a homemade rifle, uploads news of the conflict, sidestepping an indefinite internet blackout in the region with the help of a hotspot connection from a phone suspended on a bamboo pole in 2022. (Supplied)

Staying online in Myanmar is a matter of life and death

Civilians and resistance groups have pursued a range of technical workarounds in the face of prolonged internet blackouts, each of which has its own strengths and drawbacks.

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